The courses allowed as units.
[Then something like the following which is adapted from the catalogue of Leland Stanford Junior University.]
Ancient History.
Text-Books[4]—Goodspeed, “History of the Ancient World” (Scribners); Morey, “Outlines of Ancient History” (American Book Co.); Myers, “Ancient History,” Revised Edition (Ginn); West, “Ancient World” (Allyn and Bacon); Wolfson, “Essentials in Ancient History” (American Book Co.); or an equivalent.
For supplementary reading and reference, work in some of the following is suggested: Botsford, “Story of Rome;” Cox, “General History of Greece” (Student Series); Fling, “Source Book of Greek History;” Munro, “Source Book of Roman History;” Pelham, “Outlines of Roman History;” Shuckburgh, “History of Rome,” and Ginn & Co’s “Classical Atlas,” or Kiepert, “Classical Atlas;” Tozer’s “Primer of Classical Geography.”
This is carried out for the four groups.
Then give general suggestions at the end: the work required of students in definite statements; a few helps for the teachers preparing students for the college, as “Report of the Committee of Seven,” History Teachers’ Magazine, a few syllabi and map books.
Those suggestions may seem entirely unnecessary to the colleges and universities in the northeastern part of the country, but they are greatly needed elsewhere, as in many parts of the South where the high school movement, though growing rapidly, is yet in its formative period. Even with the splendid school system of California Stanford gives details, and I fancy such help is needed in many of the smaller high and private preparatory schools throughout the country. Furthermore, if the best known colleges and universities wish to draw their students from all parts of the country, they should make their requirements so plain that they can be used in any section.
Mary Shannon Smith.
Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C.